Complete Genome Sequence of a Bohle iridovirus Isolate from Ornate Burrowing Frogs (Limnodynastes ornatus) in Australia

Paul M Hick; Kuttichantran Subramaniam; Patrick Thompson; Richard J Whittington; Thomas B Waltzek

doi:10.1128/genomeA.00632-16

Complete Genome Sequence of a Bohle iridovirus Isolate from Ornate Burrowing Frogs (Limnodynastes ornatus) in Australia

Genome Announc. 2016 Aug 18;4(4):e00632-16. doi: 10.1128/genomeA.00632-16.

Authors

Paul M Hick¹, Kuttichantran Subramaniam², Patrick Thompson², Richard J Whittington³, Thomas B Waltzek²

Affiliations

¹ OIE Reference Laboratory for Epizootic Hematopoietic Necrosis Virus and Ranavirus Infection of Amphibians, Faculty of Veterinary Science, School of Life and Environment Sciences, The University of Sydney, Sydney, Australia paul.hick@sydney.edu.au.
² Department of Infectious Diseases and Pathology, College of Veterinary Medicine, University of Florida, Gainesville, Florida, USA.
³ OIE Reference Laboratory for Epizootic Hematopoietic Necrosis Virus and Ranavirus Infection of Amphibians, Faculty of Veterinary Science, School of Life and Environment Sciences, The University of Sydney, Sydney, Australia.

Abstract

Bohle iridovirus (BIV) is a species within the genus Ranavirus, family Iridoviridae, first isolated from the ornate burrowing frog Limnodynastes ornatus in Australia. The BIV genome confirms it is closely related to isolates from boreal toad Anaxyrus boreas and leaf-tailed gecko Uroplatus fimbriatus within the United States and Germany, respectively.

Grants and funding

This research received no specific grant from any funding agency in the public, commercial, or not-for-profit sectors.